City Grant Program
Spending type · $757.9M adopted (FY2019)
In fiscal year 2019, city grant program makes up $757.9M of San Francisco's adopted spending, 6.9% of the total, spread over 24 departments. Source: San Francisco adopted budget (Controller open data), data as of 13 July 2026.
Adopted (FY2019)
$757.9M
Share of city spending
6.9%
Departments
24
Side
Spending
What this is: Grants the City makes to outside organizations — mostly nonprofits delivering health, housing and social services.Editorial gloss written for this site (provenance-flagged seed, 2026-07-16) — the label above is the source’s own.
By department — FY2019
Children, Youth & Their Families$185.0MHuman Services Agency$184.1MHomelessness & Supportive Housing$179.7MMayor$45.6MCity Administrator$39.8MEconomic & Workforce Development$27.3MChildren & Families Commission$24.2MGeneral City (unallocated)$23.1M
+ 16 smaller departments
Sheriff$8.8MStatus of Women$7.9MPublic Works$7.5MArts Commission$7.0MBuilding Inspection$5.2MAdult Probation$4.1MPublic Utilities Commission (water, power, sewer)$2.9MEthics Commission$2.1MHuman Rights Commission$1.3MDistrict Attorney$722,931Recreation & Parks$634,930Environment$360,000Juvenile Probation$234,558Rent Board$120,000County Office of Education$116,000Treasurer & Tax Collector$50,500
Source
Adopted budget lines for “City Grant Program”, fiscal year 2019, from the SF Controller’s budget dataset: Budget (xdgd-c79v) ↗